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Making a canoe the ancient way

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Researcher Kunihiro Amemiya uses a period-accurate axe to chop down a Japanese cedar tree on the Noto Peninsula, Ishikawa Prefecture, to make a dugout canoe to cross the East China Sea from Taiwan to Yonaguni Island.

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Interesting.

The excess baggage of a dugout canoe will be pricey to get to Taiwan, though!

Ganbatte!

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